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“false and spurious”

President Lincoln wasn’t going to shut down a paper for printing exaggerated stories about the in-laws, but he acted promptly when a couple journals published a fabricated presidential call for 400,000 more soldiers and a Day of Thanksgiving. The date … Continue reading

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No longer awed?

Southern newspapers were finding lots to like in some northern publications. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August 15, 1861: Peace meetings. A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes: The great number of peace meetings now being held … Continue reading

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